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  • The Hubert Bals Fund backs ten new feature projects

    The fund underscores its commitment to fostering new and diverse voices, supporting a majority of projects by emerging talent.

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    • Press release

  • Hubert Bals Fund development selection 2023

    The Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), IFFR’s film fund, has chosen ten feature film projects to each be awarded a grant of €10,000 to support their development. Read the full selection below! The fund underscores its commitment to fostering new and diverse voices from across the globe, backing a majority in the selection who are embarking […]

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    • News

  • Tamara Tatishvili appointed new Head of the Hubert Bals Fund

    We have appointed Tamara Tatishvili as the new Head of the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), IFFR’s film fund. Tatishvili has extensive experience across many areas of the international film industry as a strategy consultant, leader, producer and programmer. Amongst a host of notable positions, Tatishvili worked for several years as Director of the Georgian National […]

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    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • News

  • Hubert Bals Fund supports 12 projects with HBF+Europe schemes

    Four projects awarded in first Post-production Support selection, alongside eight for Minority Co-production Support.

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    • Press release

  • HBF+Europe 2023

    From a doping weightlifter, runaway slaves, a high-school swimming team and LED-crucifix salesmen, all the way to a vacuum-cleaning ghost, the HBF+Europe selection for 2023 is full of audacious stories that span the globe. This year, the Hubert Bals Fund is delighted it can further support ambitious filmmaking thanks to a new HBF+Europe: Post-production Support […]

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    • Hubert Bals Fund

  • International Film Festival Rotterdam announces Clare Stewart as new Managing Director

    Former Director of BFI London Film Festival and Interim CEO at Sheffield DocFest Joins Ahead of 2024 Edition.

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    • Press release

  • Experimental short on food insecurity and migration wins RTM Pitch

    Rotterdam-based Lebanese visual artist and filmmaker Diana Al-Halabi will receive €20,000 towards her project The Battle of Empty Stomachs.

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    • Press release

  • IFFR 2023 closes after full comeback

    Dalva by Emmanuelle Nicot wins the Audience Award.

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    • Press release

  • Le spectre de Boko Haram by Cyrielle Raingou wins the Tiger Award at IFFR 2023

    Special Jury Awards go to Munnel by Visakesa Chandrasekaram and New Strains by Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan.

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    • Press release

  • Introducing: IFFR Pro Darkroom

    IFFR Pro talks to creatives on two of its Darkroom projects: Holy Electricity and Floating With Spirits.

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    • CineMart
    • Hubert Bals Fund
    • IFFR Pro
    • Immersive